FASHION WEEK

Fashion Week is next week!!! Guess where I'm going to be? Canada. CANADA. Not that I don't want to go to Canada, I just want to go another week, so that I don't miss out on so much! I may not even be able to see anything, though, if my dad doesn't ask around. Last time he got me into Nanette Lepore because of work connections. I also saw Alexander Wang, but that was because it took place at my dad's work.

(www.mbfashionweek.com)

Fashion Week DOES bring feelings of happiness to me too, Patricia Field.

So, being the obsessor that I am, I checked out all of the shows that I possible could see, given the opportunity and help from my dad. These are my favorites, which will probably be too full to hold me anyway...

2/16/10

2:00- Max Azria

7:00- Tibi

2/17/10

9:00 - Tory Burch

11:00- Nanette Lepore

3:00- Milly

6:00- Anna Sui

Those are just my personal preferences, really though, I would kill to get into any. I WANT TO GO SO BADLY!!!

the secret garden

I was on style.com looking for some interesting floral dresses,(I'm so cool that I do that in my spare time) because it is so dreary that I can barely stand myself, and that would cheer me up. Silly me, I thought that it would be getting warmer soon because of the 50 degree weather last week, but it snowed. Again.

So anyway, the dresses. I ended up falling in love with the Balenciaga spring 2008 ready to wear show. The entire collection is comprised of these dresses and skirts in every color and print imaginable, and some that aren't.

I apologize for the picture overload, but I just couldn't manage to contain myself.

Ahhh. I'm having difficulty expressing my love for these, because I can't seem to find words. They have the most amazing prints, they make me feel like I'm IN a flower garden in Brussels or something. Like the Secret Garden. Was that in England? I'm not sure.

The impeccable structure and tailoring on them makes it appear that they could carry themselves. Even the shape of them reminds me of flowers.

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I'm not really sure why, but I get an oriental feel from these. I think that it may be the structure, or the shoulders. I LOVE THE SHOULDERS!!! They aren't just padded, the defy gravity, which is pretty intense if you ask me. I also find the length of these quite attractive, even though they are almost scary short, because the volume can make up for it. They definitely don't come off as scanky.

POM POMS!!!! OVERSIZED POM POMS!!!! These make me want to be a cheerleader, just so I could steal some extra pom poms and attach them to the shoulders of my dresses. But then, I would have to be a cheerleader, which simply would not work.

These just make me happy, simple as that. They are so outwardly conservative, yet intriguing. It looks as though there may or may not be some crinkle- like texture to it, but as I have only a picture, it's hard to tell if that's not just the fabric.

i want to be in gryffindor, but i will settle for ravenclaw.

This is what I wore today. I was going for a Sherlock Homes' assistant type thing, but people at school said that I looked more like I was a student in Hogwarts. Instantly brightened my day. I panicked first though, because I thought I was wearing Slytherin colors, but another Harry Potter fanatic reminded me that it was more Ravenclaw coloring. I'm okay with Ravenclaw.

The other people were like, "Do you know that you're wearing a cape?" NO! Really? I didn't notice the large swinging piece of fabric hanging around my neck all day!

I wore a DKNY skirt as a cape, J. Crew sweater, Rock Revival jeans, Via Spiga suede over the knee boots.

Cho Chang, fellow Ravenclaw.

I do adore these boots, they make me feel so rocker, in a not completely obvious way. They were actually supposed to be my mother's, but they didn't fit her... so MINE. I love it when that happens.

i want, but cannot get, due to lack of funds.

The Chanel bag. I will forever more be in love with not only the quilting, but the chain and the color. I am certainly not the first person to love it either. They are a staple, and they will never ever of out of style.

This bag is $1,500, used, on eBay. It's scary to imagine the retail price, so I won't even try, because I'll get price goosebumps. I seriously need to make some money, because I simply cannot support my habits on $43, the amount in my wallet.

We went to Woodbury Commons outlet today, and there was a Chanel store. I wanted to go in so badly, but I have no money. You see, I get attached to clothing like small children get attached to puppy dogs, and therefore, going into that store would've been quite dangerous. Smarter men than I have been entranced by the wonders of Chanel.....

professor?

I have been obsessed with oxfords lately, and it was my intention to show you oxfords from different designers. However, I never made it past Anthropology. How very typical.

These are almost nautical to me. I want to wear them with a blue and white striped t-shirt dress and go on a boat.

Ahhh, floral oxfords. They're like a breath of fresh air in this nasty, nasty winter. I find the leather piping on them marvelous, as it makes it just makes them that much more scholarly. I think that I may have to go babysitting a bit more and then buy these. Or should I exert a bit of self restraint and actually save my money? Nah.

LACE. I die. Like Rachel Zoe. The lace makes them so much more girly and lady-like, but the way that there is leather around the toe, heel, and laces edges them out a bit, too.

Love these because they are just so classic, like I could see a college professor wearing them in the 50's. They aren't modified so they would be more trendy. I feel like they are honest, in a way. Yes, silly, of course shoes can be honest.

(photos from antropologie.com)

lord drew

This is what I wore today. I was going for an equestrian-meets-military type look. I had forgotten that I even had this dress, blazer, and shoes, so it was almost like they were new.

The dress is BCBG Max Azria, the jacket is Gap, the belt is Ralph Lauren, and the boots are J.P. Tod.

I love the dress, because it's knit, and so warm, and the collar over the jacket makes me feel rather like those Lords in the Victorian era. I do like the Victorian era, it was so overly dramatic. I love the drama.

I haven't really been able to wear these boots, because I kind-of forgot about them, and I am afraid to destroy them. The boots are nearly exactly like my real horseback riding boots. I like them better though, because they have a rounder toe and no zipper.

(photo credit to my mom, Tina)

i fear alien abduction

I'm still sick, but I was smart today, and I stayed home.

I have been watching fashion shows from French Fashion Week, and I am enamored by these Alexander McQueen shoes. They are so incredibly unique that I feel like they almost aren't shoes, and they belong in their own sort of sub-catagory.

These are like alien animal print, that is, if aliens have prints. I wouldn't know, I haven't seen one.

The textures and buckles on these are amazing. I feel like they should be in a museum, because they are made of alien skin. I mean, in my mind, they're made of alien skin. Whether that's right or not is debatable.

The shape is something that I know I have never seen before, and the heels are so high, it looks almost like you are standing on extreme tip-toe. Not sure if they would be too comfortable, but they do look cute.

I like how these are old -looking, like they have been left out in the rain, yet they are still bright and shiny.

ROBOTS!!! ROBOTS!!! ROBOTS!!! They are so mechanical- more machine than shoe. Maybe, in the coming years, we can program shoes to do things for us, like robots. Just a thought...

I like the top one, because it is so literal. When you think of aliens, don't you think of neon blue? I do.

The middle one looks so glamourous, like the alien queen would wear it, because of the gold coloring and the jewels covering it. I bet it cost her a fortune too.

The last one reminds me of nuts and bolts, so I think of robots again. Specifically, I think of C3P0 from Star Wars. The shoes and the robot areeee the same color.

These scare me. I mean, they scare me because they are so amazing, but also, if I happened to see them while taking a stroll in Area 51, I would run. Well, more like snatch them up, then run. It is my general opinion that extra terrestrials will flock towards this shoe. I will too, but I'm not sure I'll be able to walk in them.

(photos from style.com)